Saturday, 7 May 2016

Recipe: Coffee & Walnut Cupcakes

A family favourite of ours is good old coffee & walnut cake, mainly because my mum has crafted the BEST recipe over the years, which I decided to try out as cupcakes. They've turned out not too bad at all, so I thought I'd share the very simple recipe here.

Ingredients

For the cakes

150g self-raising flour

150g margarine

150g golden caster sugar

2 eggs

2tsp instant coffee granules (dissolved in hot water)

40g chopped walnuts

For the icing

200g icing sugar

1tsp coffee (dissolved in hot water)

1 walnut half for each cupcake

Method

To make the cakes:

1. Dissolve the 2tsp of coffee granules in a small amount hot water (just enough to cover the granules really) and set aside to cool

2. Mix the flour, butter, sugar and eggs together in a bowl until smooth

3. Add the now-cooled coffee mixture to the bowl a little at a time, ensuring its mixed in completely each time

4. Add the chopped walnuts and mx together

5. Place the mixture into cupcake cases, the mixture should fill 12-15 cakes

6. Put in the oven at 180 degrees for 20 minutes, or until golden brown

7. Allow to cool

To make the icing:

1. Again, mix 2tsp's of coffee granules in a little hot water and leave to cool

2. Mix the icing sugar together with a couple of teaspoons of cold water, until it's consistency is thick enough to cover the back of a spoon (basically so it's not too funny when icing the cakes)

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